Nadarra Spa, a spa in the Yorkshire Dales, has just been crowned as one of the very best luxury spas in the whole of the UK.
Located inside The Coniston Hotel in Skipton, the spa received the impressive accolade from SpaSeekers.com.
So if you’re looking for a new spa to give you that little slice of luxury, then we have just the one for you.
The Hoot reports that Nadarra Spa has recently been crowned one of the very best in the UK.
Praised for its ability to relax guests from the moment they enter the 1,400-acre estate, the Nadarra Spa truly is a piece of heaven nestled in the Yorkshire Dales.
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You’re truly spoilt for choice if you fancy a swim as there’s a beautiful outdoor infinity pool with panoramic views of The Coniston Hotel’s Country Estate as well as an indoor bubble pool and private garden baths for you to dip into.
After your swim, why not indulge in their range of nourishing thermal experiences or soothe your muscles in the high-tech infrared sauna.
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Nadarra Spa, a spa in the Yorkshire Dales, has just been crowned as one of the very best luxury spas in the whole of the UK.Nadarra Spa, a spa in the Yorkshire Dales, has just been crowned as one of the very best luxury spas in the whole of the UK.Nadarra Spa, a spa in the Yorkshire Dales, has just been crowned as one of the very best luxury spas in the whole of the UK.
Speaking of saunas, the Nadarra Spa has four to choose from including a Finnish, Himalayan and Aromatherapy Sauna. Now that is a lot of saunas.
Treat yourself to a couples massage before enjoying a beautiful meal in the Blossom Kitchen complete with an Outside Poolside Bar, we think you’ll find it hard to believe you’re in Yorkshire and not the Maldives.
We can guarantee that after an afternoon here, you’ll be leaving feeling completely zen and fully refreshed.
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And it won’t break the bank either, as you can book a day experience from as little as £69. To find out more and to book your trip, take a look at The Coniston Hotel’s website.
This ‘secret’ North Wales beach has been named one of the UK’s best
Daisy Jackson
North Wales is a pretty popular holiday destination for us Mancs, especially in the warmer months.
Seaside towns like Llandudno, Conwy and Colwyn Bay are often awash with tourists soaking in the Great British summer, clutching ice creams, skimming pebbles, and frantically shielding your chippy tea from dive-bombing seagulls.
So now that the Independent has singled out some of the UK’s best ‘secret’ beaches – including one in North Wales – we’ve got a new destination to play with.
The paper singled out the beautiful Porthdinllaen in its list of the best secret UK beaches to visit in 2024 for peace and quiet.
And aren’t we all after a bit of peace and quiet these days?
There’s just something about escaping the hustle and bustle of the city and feeling sand between your toes, maybe even taking a brave dip in the brisk waters.
The Independent selected Porthdinllaen in North Wales as well as Runswick Bay in Yorkshire as some of the UK’s best secret beaches.
The list said of Porthdinllaen: “Offering sandy, secluded space to play, this Welsh beach is tucked away from the old fishing village by sweeping hills.
“As the cove is sheltered, the water is usually calm, making it a great spot for swimming.
“Bring goggles and be sure to look down: the headland is a popular spot with the local grey seals, and one of the largest seagrass meadows in North Wales hides beneath the water, providing a habitat for many different types of fish.”
Manchester Museum has been shortlisted for the 2024 Art Fund Museum of the Year
Danny Jones
Another bit of very well-deserved recognition for our city as the Manchester Museum has been shortlisted for the 2024 Art Fund Museum of the Year.
Organised by the independent and membership-based British charity, which raises funds through the collection of important works and artefacts, it’s world the single largest museum prize in the world.
Shining as one of the crown jewels in Manchester’s cultural scene, the museum has been named among five other impressive finalists for this year’s award, which is evaluating inspiring projects from autumn 2022 through to winter 2023.
This wonderful news comes at a good time for Manchester Museum, which recently welcomed its one-millionth visitor since reopening to the public in February last year, following a £15 million values-led redevelopment. It really is back with a bang.
With Art Fund keeping audiences and communities at their heart, the highly revered accolade has a particular focus on community engagement, sustainable ways of working, and demonstration of ambition by reinventing what it means to be ‘the best’ museum for the audiences of today and tomorrow.
For context, the Manchester Museum (which sits as part of the University of Manchester) was the most visited indoor museum in the North of England throughout 2023, despite being shut for an entire month, welcoming a total of 790,332 people through their doors.
Speaking on this year’s selection, director Jenny Waldman, who heads up the 2024 judging panel, has applauded each of this year’s finalists for delivering “something for everyone” and keeping “community at the very heart of their programming.”
“Their commitment to innovative partnerships whilst operating within an extremely challenging funding environment is incredible”, she added. “I’m so pleased to see the way they support and centre young people through their work.
“Across a wide range of size and scale, these organisations are all real leaders in their field. I urge everyone to go and visit these extremely special spaces.” So do we.
We’d recommend going along to Stand the T-Rex aloneYou’ve got to see the giant Japanese spider crab(Credit: Manchester Museum/Matthew via Flickr)
As for the museum themselves, DirectorEsme Ward said of the announcement: “Manchester Museum’s redevelopment was the result of 10 years’ collective endeavour, so being shortlisted for Art Fund Museum of the Year is a moment of joy for everyone to share in, from staff and partners to our communities and Manchester itself.
“It is an affirmation of museums’ power to bring people together in building a more inclusive, hopeful future.”
Built on self-proclaimed values of “inclusion, imagination and care”, the museum’s recent reopening has positioned it at the forefront of the sector here in the UK, with new galleries, partnerships, visitor facilities, sector-leading programming and digital innovations.
These updates, along with their existing and award-winning South Asia Gallery – the largest and first permanent gallery in the UK to celebrate the experiences and contribution of the South Asian diaspora co-curated by members from the community itself – are what have helped put it in the running for this prestigious prize.
Visitor numbers for the first year following reopening were up 157% on 2019/20, with 57% of those being new attendees and more than one in seven’s first trip to a museum ever.
The other four shortlisted museums are the Craven Museum in Skipton, North Yorkshire; Dundee Contemporary Arts, the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Young V&A – Victoria and Albert Museum, also in the capital.
The winning museum will be announced at a ceremony at the National Gallery in London on 10 July and will receive £120,000 to put towards internal projects and cultural work. Better still, £15,000 will be given to each of the four other finalists, so everyone’s a winner in a way.
Congratulations again to everyone at Manchester Museum and well done for all your incredible hard work – we can’t wait to be right about you again in a couple of months when we’re confident you’ll be rightly named as the winner of the 2024 Art Fund Museum of the Year.
Clementine Hall -
9th December 2023 
